Our 25th Ånniversary is in full swing and we are about to launch a vinyl pop up store to carry on the celebrations. Come along to browse our quirky and vast selection of records, as well as some rare Acid Jazz memorobilia.

The shop will be up and running for a few weeks only, so makesure you don't miss out.

Mother Earth emerged from some sessions that Acid Jazz Record's founder Eddie Piller produced for his long-time friend Bunny in the Summer of 1991, these took the form of a whole load of Bunny’s mates turning up and jamming over samples and rhythms put together by him and Eddie. Out of this emerged not only the band’s debut album ‘Stoned Woman’, but also the nucleus of the band. Matt Deighton on guitar and vocals, Chris White on drums, Neil Corcoran on bass, Shauna Greene and Marie Jamille on vocals, with Bunny doing whatever he could. While James Taylor (James Taylor Quartet) played organ and Simon Bartholomew (Brand New Heavies) layed down additional guitar parts. In need of a full time organist and before their debut gig at the Acid Jazz Christmas Party which also saw Acid Jazz signing Jamiroquai perform, Bryn Barklam joined the band.

The first Mother Earth album 'Stoned Woman' appeared in May 1992 and after a slow start it really took off after a page review by Ian McCann in the NME.
The first single that appeared was a version of Santana's 'Hope You're Feeling Better', which was followed early in 1993 by the 'Mr. Freedom' EP. The title track which featured backing vocals from Paul Weller.

Next album 'The People Tree' was a masterpiece featuring contributions from Paul Weller, James Taylor, and soulstress D.C. Lee. The album came housed in a sleeve photographed by legendary rock photographer Gered Mankowitz, and its relative success seemed to lay the door wide open for Mother Earth to break through to stardom.

The third studio album 'You Have Been Watching' was released in 1996. Matt Deighton got married and recorded his debut solo album ‘Villager’ earlier in the year. It was a much more folk orientated album compared to the bands work. The album received huge critical acclaim, despite Matt being unable to promote it live due to his commitments to the band. Because it had got far better reactions than Mother Earth were getting, and the band felt worried about his commitment. To top this drummer Chris White left and was replaced by 17-year-old José. The band toured on until 1996, and a live album 'The Desired Effect' appeared and the band split shortly afterwards.

Matt Deighton joined Paul Weller’s band for his Heavy Soul tour in early 1997 and remained as lead guitarist until late 1999 wqhen he joined Oasis as guitarist whilst Noel Gallagher took a sabbatical from the band.

The Third Degree - "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" single launch....[more]

Acid Jazz's latest offering. Responsible for the classy re-work of Duffy's 2008 hit "Mercy", The Third Degree are now gearing up to release another hot funk-mod nothern soul groover - "can't get you out of my head". Their interpretation of Kylie's classic is bustling with life and keeps you as hooked as "Mercy" did if not more.

The Third Degree will be playing at Floridita next wednesday to celebrate the release.

Iconic east London indie label Acid Jazz, commence their 25th
anniversary celebrations by announcing their residence within Mod_ular Blanc; a conceptual space to be found on the first floor of Ben Sherman’s Commercial Street store, opposite London’s famous Spitalfields Market....[more]

In spite of a perceived irrelevance in the digital age, the demand for vinyl has grown exponentially in recent years, and has surprised everyone by making a comeback. Today, the vinyl record is seen as a luxury; a premium item offering not only unrivalled sound quality, but also a sense of nostalgic sincerity, and has seen its popularity rise accordingly.

THE JANICE GRAHAM BAND - Straight out of Wythenshawe, an area that hadn’t really been associated with the cutting edge of Manchester music since the post-punk days of the early Durutti Column et al, come Acid Jazz’s newest signing....[more]

Convention is a difficult little island to skirt around. Stick too close and you end up getting sucked into a colony of sound-alike bands that are indistinguishable apart from subtle variations in the fraying of the tightly worn jeans.

Steer too far away from land and you run the risk of becoming the master of your domain; but with pitifully few little souls and sailors to catalogue your mysterious and exotic voyage. Of course, no bugger told THE JANICE GRAHAM BAND any of this.

Their move is to plunder the island, seduce the prettiest girls and press-gang the rest of the inhabitants onto the ship singing and dancing; before heading off to sea with plenty of rum, a trumpet and the biggest and most lavishly decorated gangplank in town.

Put less ridiculously; convention is a word that doesn’t exist in the Janice Graham vocabulary. And as a result the band are quite extraordinary. They kaleidoscope through musical influences at the flick of a plectrum in absolute precision, keeping every song full of deliciously danceable and immediate ideas that are never allowed to become tiresome before swiftly morphing into the next snaking groove or flourishing brass ‘n’ bass interjection.